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Melodic Metal Rock bands from Italy Members: ROB IRBIZ (Vocals, Guitars) CHRIS PLATZER (Drums, Backing Vocals) GSCHNELL (Bass, Backing Vocals) HEADMATT (Solo- and Rhythmguitars) ELINE MELINDA was founded in the 80's by Rob Irbiz and Andy De Santis. Within a short time the project becomes concrete; 1988 the band publishes the legendary debut LP “The Felines Await You”, nowadays a 'cult' of the 80s Italian metal, esteemed and high quoted by collectors. From the speedier and heavy recordings, the band develops into high melodic metal rock – thanks to the new and ambitious drummer, Chris Platzer at 1991, too. After many years of creative cooperation in September 2004 Andy De Santis leaves the band, but his successor Gschnell turns out to be a stroke of luck. Complete again, the band creates a new repertoire of songs written by Rob Irbiz and with arranged by Chris Platzer. FELINE MELINDA’s music defies easy categorisation of the hard and heavy genre: refreshing and positively thanks to catchy refrains, choirs, garnished with a lot of melody and improved with orchestral k-boards, life-affirming and partly with dark-romantic lyrics – a mixture which grant a high recognition value to the whole. “Morning Dew”, the 2008 work of the trio, is the best example of it and gives to the listener a lot of variety which reaches from the instrumental-intro to mid-tempo and fast songs, metal ballads, up to an acoustic mainstream ballad. Moreover, the production receives international atmo